Cotton-picker&#39;s bag



J. L. KILEY.

COTTON PlCKERS BAG.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 11, 1920.

Patented July 5, 1921.

' um'rsn STATES PATENT series.

'J'OE LEN RILEY, HELOISE, TENNESSEE corron-ricxnms'rao.

.Arpplicaticn filed May 11,.

tion.

This invention relates to sacks in which cotton is gathered, and has for one of its objects to improve the construction and increase the efficiency and utility of devices: of

this character.

Another object of'the invention: is to provide a device of this character, open at the ends to facilitate the discharge of the contents and with improved means for tem-j orarily closing the lower end while: the sack 1s being filled, and to temporarily close the upper end during the transportationto the place of discharge.

Another objectof the invention is to pro-- vide a device ofthischaracter including a tubular fabric body open at the ends and reversible end for end, a support bearingv upon the shoulders of the picker, means for detachably connecting the sack to the support, means for temporarily closlng the lower end of the sack when being filled, and means for temporarily closing the upper end of the sack after detachment from the support to protect the contents of the sack during transportation to the gin house or storage plant.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claims, and'in the drawings illustrative of thepreferred embodiment of the invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved sack with the upper end open, and the lower end closed.

Fig. 2 is a detail view enlarged of a part of the lower portion of the sack closed and the fastening cord applied.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a transverse section on the line 44 of Fig. 1.

The sack is constructed of the usual material, such as canvas, and of the usual slze, and comprises a back member 10 and a front Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 5, 1921.

1920. Serial No. 380,452.

member 11 united at their edges only, leaving the ends open.

At each end the back portion 10 is provided with a plurality of loops 15, while the front portion 11 is provided with similar sets of loops 16 the loops being uniformly spaced sothat the loops 15 will engage be tween the loops 16 when the ends are closed and thus placed in alinement, as represented in Fig. 2, to receive binding cords 17.

The loops are attached to the back and front portion of the sack body at considerable distances from the ends toproduce flaps 18 which overlap when the sack is closed, as shown in F ig. 4:, to prevent the escape of the contents.

The sack is thus alike at both ends and is therefore reversible end for end.

The sack redesigned to be supported from the shouldersof the picker, while being filled, and detachable therefrom when filled and the open end closed, to hold the contents safely While being conveyed from the field to the gin house, or other places of discharge.

The-shoulder engaging support comprises a section of fabric 14 having a neck engaging band 12, buckle 13. T e member 14 exten s normally at its lower end into the mouth of the sack when open, and} is provided with a plurality of loops 14 like the other loops, and adapted to be disposed in alinement with the series of loops 16 which for the time being are nearest thereto, to receive one of the holding cords 17, to hold the sack in osition while being filled.

ne of the supports will be supplied to each picker, and any number of the sacks su plied therewith.

y this means, the picker, when he requires a sack picks up the first one at hand and attaches it without regard to its position end for end or front or back to the support 14. The end of the sack, which for the time being is downward, is closed by inserting one of the holding cords 17 through the interengaging loops, care being taken that the flaps 18 overlap, as shown in Fig. 4. The lower portion of the support 14 depends into the end of the sack which for the time being is uppermost, and thus prevents the cotton bolls from catching on the rear upper loops when being inserted.

referably with an ad'usting When the sack is filled the-cord, 17 which holds the sack attached to the-support is withdrawn and the loops at the upperend of the sack interlocked andwthe cord applied,

thereto to .close the sack as before'described. The picker then selects another empty sack and attaches it to the support and proceeds as before. 7

When ready to be dis charged' it necessary to withdraw the holding-cord 17,

at the bottom of the sack when the contents yewill drop-out, ,or require only. a slight shak curing of:the saok,but for: itsexpeditious' emptying thus saving time, avoiding the heretofore common wasteiof cotton in carry-' in itfrom the field,lbecause-o f inadequate fastening of the mouth of the sack, and lessening the chances of-injury tothesack by tearing, such as -frequently results when the sack has to be violently shaken in emptyforth in the specification," but it will be understood that any. modifications Within the scope of theclaims may be made in the coir struction without departing f-rom the pr ink ciple of the invention or sacrificing any of j its advantages: W i

What I claim -is:-;f. -1. A device of the class described comprising a-tubular sack open at the ends and with a plurality of fastening devices at-= tach'ed to the sides of-thesack-andspaced from its-ends, the; material the-,sack in advance of the iastening dvices foldable in superposed layers to form a closure to the sack and meansfor, connecting the fastening "devices'fromthe opposite sides of the sack. 2, device of the class described comprising a tubular receptacle open at the ends, a plurality of loops attachedr-toeaoh side of the receptacle and spacedfrdm the ends, theloopsiat -one side disposed opposite the spaces between the loops of the other side, so that when the"sid'e's=are folded one" over the jother at one end the-loops will interlock, *and' 'a holding cord through theinterlocking' loops.

ends, a holdingmemb'er ad-apt ed to be disend to form a cornbined guide and g'uard extending 3. A deviceof the class describedicom prising a tubular receptacle openat the" posed partly within the receptacle at one side ofjthereceptacle and -spaced fromthe' ends, the loops atone sid'e' disposed opposite side, 1 so that when the sides are folded one over the other at one end the loo'ps' will in terlock, a plurality of loops-attached to the the spaces: between one'set of the' loops' of f the receptacle, a g bindingcordextending; I through Y. the: interlocking f loops at] the 1 end 4 of the receptacle, and a binding cord ex i, V

flap and spaced from one-end 'to engage in the flap and of the receptacle; i Y

'- tending throughthegiiiterlocking loops In testimony whereof hereto. -i

'60 V in 1t, 3 a a 1 the spaces between the loops'of-the--'other %he preferred embodiment of the-invention is disclosed in the drawings and set ,Iaffixmy signature 

